England v Ukraine player ratings: Saka 8, Kane 8; Zinchenko 6, Mudryk 5

Kane scores 55th England goal while Saka again dazzles in 2-0 Euro 2024 qualifying win

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  ENGLAND RATINGS: Jordan Pickford 5 – The Everton stopper had little to do, but acted as a sweeper to help switch the play with England in possession. Kept the 25th clean sheet of his England career. Getty

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  Kyle Walker 6 – Staying deep as part of a back three, he had a very quiet but steady game. His pace was put to the test by Chelsea winger Mudryk. AP

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  John Stones 7 – Looked solid throughout and read the game well. In one instance, though, he was guilty of stopping and appealing for an offside flag. While it was eventually raised, he may need to play to the whistle in future. Ccould have been costly. AP

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  Harry Maguire 7 – Did his job well, and his diagonal passes got England moving forward. Had two free headers late on; the first was almost converted by Gallagher, the second finished inches over the post. AP

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  Ben Chilwell 6 – Did well to overlap when possible and, on one occasion, supplied a good cross that Saka couldn’t quite convert. Reuters

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  Declan Rice 5 – Found it difficult to get into the game and had few opportunities to get on the ball. Made a few interceptions, but was largely anonymous. AFP

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  Jordan Henderson 6 - Back in the starting line-up, his first major contribution was a cross to Kane that the Spurs striker should have converted. Quiet game. Reuters

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  Jude Bellingham 7 – Looked leggy early on, but grew into the match. Was given very little time and space on the ball but carried the ball forward when he could. Was applauded early in the second half for some fancy footwork and a cheeky nutmeg. PA

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  Bukayo Saka 8 – The Arsenal striker was a constant menace. First, he provided an inch-perfect cross for Kane to score, and then he scored himself with a delicious curled effort from 25 yards. That’s now four goals in six games. AP

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  Harry Kane 8 - Fresh from breaking England’s goalscoring record on Thursday, Kane made it 55 goals – his 22nd at Wembley – when he started and finished a move involving an inch-perfect cross from Saka. Earlier, he came close twice, first when he mis-hit from a Henderson cross, and then when he guided a Maddison ball over the bar. AFP

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  James Maddison 6 - Making his first start aged 26, the Leicester man was starved of space but provided one cross that Kane almost converted. In the second half, he created a shooting opportunity with a neat turn, but his effort went over the bar. AFP

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  SUBS: Ivan Toney (Kane, 81) N/A – The Brentford man won a header with his first touch, but had few opportunities to showcase his strengths. EPA

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  Jack Grealish (Maddison, 85) N/A – Linked well with Gallagher immediately to create a goalscoring opportunity for the Chelsea man. Gallagher then repaid the favour, and Grealish came close with an effort at the death that was well saved by Trubin. EPA

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  Conor Gallagher (Bellingham, 86) N/A – His first major touch was a shot at goal that Trubin pushed around his post for a corner. PA

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  UKRAINE RATINGS: Anatoliy Trubin 6 – Had a tough first half. Could do little about either goal, and got a knock from Maddison for his troubles. Looked a little bit shaky with the ball at his feet in his own box. Made a couple of good saves in the second half, particularly late on. Reuters

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  Oleksandr Karavaev 5 – Poor defending enabled Kane to put England ahead. In his defence, the Dynamo Kyiv man was being played out of position, and received little support from those around him. Reuters

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  Mykola Matviyenko 6 – Seemed to have the better of his opponents in the opening exchanges but was then turned inside out by Saka for England’s second goal. Looked very comfortable in possession. AFP

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  Oleksandr Svatok 6 – Making his debut, he looked tense early on but then grew confident with every touch. Overall, a solid first outing, though he can consider himself lucky not to have been carded having made four or five fouls. AFP

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  Vitalii Mykolenko 5 – Was left isolated on the left hand side and struggled to deal with Saka as a consequence. Later substituted. Getty

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  Ruslan Malinovskyi 6 – Recovered well from a head injury early on and had one of few shots on goal for the visitors. Unfortunately, he found Mudryk in his way. Solid performance. PA

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  Taras Stepanenko 6 – Overall, he did well to limit England’s central trio throughout. Getty

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  Oleksandr Zinchenko 6 – Played deep in an effort to link defence and midfield, but England’s press meant he had very little room to maneuvre. Was guilty of leaving Mykolenko isolated on several occasions. AFP

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  Heorhiy Sudakov 6 – The 20-year-old forward showed some nice touches and the ability to find pockets of space. That said, he offered very little threat. EPA

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  Roman Yaremchuk 4 – Has been out of form while at Brugge, and he fared little better here. Lead the line, but had very little to feed on. Getty

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  Mykhailo Mudryk 5 – The Chelsea forward displayed some nice touches and had an effort from distance that finished wide of Pickford’s goal. His pace gave Walker a good run for his money, but overall he was poor. Let Saka come back on to his left foot for the opening goal. EPA

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  SUBS: Vitaliy Buyalskyi (Karavaev, 61) 5 – Played behind Yaremchuk as a second centre forward as Ukraine moved to more of a 4-4-2 formation. Getty

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  Viktor Tsygankov (Mudryk, 61) 7 – Looked lively when he came on, and proved to his manager that maybe he should have started. AFP

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  Eduard Sobol (Mykolenko, 61) 5 – A like-for-like replacement on the left, but like his predecessor found opportunities limited. AFP

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  Artem Dovbyk (Yaremchuk, 74) N/A – Few opportunities on the ball. Yevhen Konoplyanka (Stepanenko, 90) N/A. AFP

Harry Kane underlined his status as England's greatest international goalscorer and Bukayo Saka dazzled again in a comfortable 2-0 win over Ukraine to put Gareth Southgate's team in control of Euro 2024 qualifying Group C on Sunday.

Fresh from scoring his 54th goal in the 2-1 victory over Italy on Thursday, Kane made up for a couple of missed chances to break the stalemate in the 37th minute.

Arsenal youngster Saka, again England's brightest spark, then doubled the lead before half time with a sensational curler that left the visitors and their 4,000 fans deflated.

Ukraine had their moments and enjoyed some pressure after the interval but never really looked capable of claiming only a second victory over England in 10 attempts.

The second half was tepid although it was noteworthy for an international debut for Brentford forward Ivan Toney who came on 10 minutes from the end as a substitute for Kane.

The 2022 World Cup quarter-finalists have six points from their opening two games and already look firm favourites to top a group that also contains Malta and North Macedonia.

Ukraine, who came agonisingly close to qualifying for the World Cup but lost a playoff to Wales, will be relieved to have got their toughest fixture out of the way.